Cowper, William. 1731-1800. English poet. The Task.

Crapper, Thomas. 1836-1910. British plumber. Installed Queen Victoria’s toilets. Manufacturer, but not inventor of syphonic flush toilets.

Creole. 16-18C White person born in America of Spanish parents. Now varied meanings.

Culpeper’s Rebellion. 1677-79. Carolina colonists vs England. Establish their own government.

Cyprus. Stone, Bronze Age civilizations. 1450BC Egypt. 1200BC Greek. 1000 Phoenicia. 709 Assyria. 569 Egypt. 6C Persia. 333 Macedonia. 294 Egypt. 47BC Rome...330 AD Byzantine. 7C Moslem. 1191 Crusaders. 1489 Venice. 1571 Turk. 1878 British lease...1914 Britain annexes. 1927 Crown Colony. 1960 Republic. 1963-4 Civil War, Greece and Turkey intervene. 1974 Turkey invades, partition.

Cyrus. -529BC. Founded Persian Empire 550-. Defeated Babylonia 539BC. Freed Jews.

Czar. (Tsar) 1547-1918. Emperor of Russia.

Daigo II. 1287-1339. Japanese Emperor 1318-. Failed to ovethrow Shogunate. Exiled.

Dali, Salvador. 1904-89. Spanish Surrealist painter of nightmare visions. Persistence of Memory. Crucifixion.

Danaë. Mother of Perseus by Zeus. Danaïdes.

Danaïdes. 50 daughters of Danaus. 49 condemed to fill sieves for murdering their husbands. Hypermestra.

Darius I. 550-486BC. Persian King 522-. Defeated by the Greeks at Marathon after expanding empire. Great builder and administrator.

Darius II. Persian King, 423-404BC. Allied with Sparta vs Athens. Lost Egypt.

Darius III. Last Persian King, 335-330BC. Beaten by Alexander the Great.

Dark Ages. c500-1000. Period of decline, frequent war. Little documentation survives.

Davies, William. 1871-1940. Welsh peripatetic poet. Autobiography of a Super-Tramp 1907.

Decius. c201-251. Roman Emperor 249-. First systematic persecution of Christians.

Defence of India Act. 1915. Britain. Caused Noncooperation Movement.

DeGasperi, Alcide. 1881-1954. Italian Prime Minister 1945-53. Post-war reconstruction.

Delany, Martin. 1812-85. US black physician. Founded Mystery newspaper for black rights.

Delhi. 1192 Moslems build. 1638 Mogul capital. 1739 Persians sack, take Peacock Throne. 1803 Britain.

Delian League. 478-404BC. 140-400 Greek cities allied for mutual protection vs Persia. Basis of Athenian power. Revived 378 as Athenian League.

Delius, Frederick. 1862-1934. English/French Impressionist opera composer. Tone poems.

Demagogue. In Greece, leader popular with masses. Now, a politician who plays on popular passions for personal gain.

Dessalines, Jacques. c1758-1806. Cruel ex-slave Emperor of Haiti 1804-.

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